HONG KONG – Giving birth is never easy, but for new Chinese mothers, the month following a baby’s arrival is particularly fraught. Immediately after I became pregnant for the first time, I started to hear …

One called it brainwashing; another called it shameless. On Dec. 29, the Chinese Communist Party’s mouthpiece paper, the People’s Daily, ran an opinion piece lauding young people uninterested in purchasing real estate, calling their mindset “progressive.” …

SHANGHAI — Ride-sharing app Uber has expanded around the world at a blistering pace, launching in a new city every one or two days. At first glance, China would appear the ideal fit for the Silicon Valley …

Before Alibaba settled in Hangzhou 15 years ago, the city of eight million people in eastern China was best known for its silk, its scenic West Lake, and its signature dish, noodles with sautéed shrimp …

“Let me be clear,” wrote Apple CEO Tim Cook in aBloomberg Businessweek article published on Oct. 30. “I’m proud to be gay.” Within an hour of the article’s publication, Cook’s first public announcement of his sexual orientation made headlines across …

On Oct. 10, rumors began to circulate on Weibo, China’s Twitter, that a new group of scholars had been banned from publishing their books in the mainland, while booksellers there would be prohibited from selling works by …

Amid an ongoing government campaign against drugs, prostitution, and other moral vices, a powerful government agency has reportedly issued new regulations banning actors with histories of drug use or prostitution from appearing in movies and television. According …

China didn’t lack for excitement when U.S.-based tech company Apple unveiled a new high-tech watch on September 9 called the Apple Watch during a press event in California. It’s not hard to imagine the app-filled device selling …

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba plans an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange expected to raise approximately $20 billion as early as Sept. 18, celebration is surely in order for the company’s executives. But for millions of …

China’s cyberspace is bursting with anticipation for the iPhone 6 — never mind that it promises to cost more than most citizens make in a month. Apple, the U.S.-based company that designs and sells the …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Before 23-year-old Rachel Deng came to Washington, D.C., from China for graduate school, she began to plan her U.S. business. She used WeChat, a popular Chinese messaging application, to set up an …